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> Not if the weapon is an indiscriminate one and makes everyone worse off.

Nuclear weapons are indiscriminate and make everyone worse off if used. And everybody has them. Your optimism is unfounded.

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> Nuclear weapons are indiscriminate and make everyone worse off if used.

The difference is most people have not experienced any immediate effects of nuclear weapons. But people will experience the immediate effects of AI taking down the electricity grid, for instance.

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